Kansas City Chiefs Milestones

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How to play the Kansas City Chiefs history timeline

Each card is a moment from Chiefs history, with a short description printed under its headline. You order the deck by year, beginning with one card already placed and dated. For every new card, choose a gap. A right choice reveals the year; a wrong choice moves the card to its proper spot and costs you one of three lives.

This franchise started in another city under another name, won big in its original league, and then went through a long wait before its recent dynasty. Those dynasty cards are the toughest: Super Bowl wins and losses pile up, and only the descriptions separate them. Record-setting seasons from players at different positions are scattered throughout, and they rarely sit where you'd first guess.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 28 of the 30 cards you might be dealt, with 2 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Lamar Hunt founded the franchise as the Dallas Texans A young oil heir, rebuffed by the NFL, launched a rival league with his own team as a charter member
Played the first Dallas Texans season Went 8-6 in the AFL's debut year while sharing the Cotton Bowl with the expansion Cowboys
Won the AFL Championship in double overtime Tommy Brooker's field goal beat the Oilers in what was then the longest game in pro football history
Moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs Mayor H. Roe Bartle, nicknamed 'The Chief', helped lure the team north from Dallas
Lost Super Bowl I to the Packers Fell 35-10 to Vince Lombardi's team in the first AFL-NFL title game
Won Super Bowl IV Len Dawson was MVP as the double-digit underdogs stunned the Vikings 23-7 in the AFL's final hurrah
Lost the longest game in NFL history A Christmas Day double-overtime playoff heartbreaker against the Dolphins, the last game at Municipal Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium opened The team moved into its new home in the Truman Sports Complex
Hank Stram coached his final Chiefs season The only head coach the franchise had ever known was let go after a 5-9 finish
Drafted Todd Blackledge in the first round Took the Penn State quarterback seventh overall, passing on Jim Kelly and Dan Marino
Drafted Derrick Thomas Used the fourth overall pick on an Alabama pass rusher the same offseason Marty Schottenheimer was hired
Derrick Thomas recorded seven sacks in one game An NFL single-game record set against Seattle, spoiled by a last-play Seahawks touchdown
Traded for Joe Montana Acquired the four-time Super Bowl champion from the 49ers and signed Marcus Allen the same offseason
Reached the AFC Championship Game with Montana The run ended in the Buffalo cold against the Bills' Super Bowl dynasty
Priest Holmes broke the NFL rushing touchdown record His 27 scores on the ground edged Marshall Faulk's old single-season mark
Larry Johnson set the NFL carries record Ground out 416 rushing attempts in a single season
Derrick Thomas entered the Hall of Fame Enshrined in Canton nine years after his death
Hired Andy Reid The longtime Eagles coach arrived after a 2-14 Chiefs season and traded for Alex Smith
Justin Houston racked up 22 sacks Finished half a sack shy of Michael Strahan's single-season record
Won a playoff game for the first time in 22 years A 30-0 wild-card shutout of the Texans ended the drought
Traded up to draft Patrick Mahomes Dealt with Buffalo to grab a Texas Tech quarterback tenth overall
Patrick Mahomes threw 50 touchdown passes A 5,000-yard MVP campaign in his first season as the starter
Lost an overtime AFC title game to the Patriots The offense never touched the ball in overtime as Tom Brady marched to the winning score
Won Super Bowl LIV Rallied from 10 down in the fourth quarter to beat the 49ers, ending a 50-year title drought
Lost Super Bowl LV to the Buccaneers A patchwork offensive line could not protect Mahomes against Tom Brady's new team
Traded Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins Dealt the star receiver for a package of five draft picks
Won Super Bowl LVII Mahomes outdueled the Eagles 38-35 on a bad ankle in the first Super Bowl between two brothers
Won Super Bowl LVIII in overtime Mecole Hardman's walk-off catch beat the 49ers in Las Vegas for back-to-back titles